1790

This passenger list was compiled and supplied to "The Island Register" by Kristen McKay Willard, McNerthney@msn.com.

The British Queen's passengers were part of the migration of Scots Catholics from Clanranald's Estates, and departed Scotland from Arisaig one month later than the "Lucy" and "Jane".

James P. Lawson, in the "'Lucy','Jane', and the Bishop" states, "'The British Queen' passengers sailed a month after the 'Lucy' and 'Jane' emmigrants, the former sailing to Quebec City. From there they are said to have travelled to the Montreal area, but it was apparently another full year before they settled in their permanent home near Johnstown (Cornwall), in Upper Canada, where they apparently had relatives amongst the established population.", and then, "Most, but not all of the passengers on "The British Queen" were from different parts of the Clanranald estates than the "Lucy" and "Jane" emigrants, but there is some overlap."

Kristen notes the following: "This list follows much the same pattern as the preceeding two (Jane and Lucy), but is more systematic about occupation, and includes a column labelled "amount", which clearly records the passage money paid by the several families. Certain key amounts recurr, but not all adults appear to have paid the same, some paying L3 17s, another L2 1s, and several L1 18s 6d. In any event, although these were extremely low rates by contemporary standards, they again indicate that it took capitol to emigrate. The original list is in the Public Archives of Canada."